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Vietnam Nominates Public Security Minister To Be New President

Vietnam's Communist Party has nominated Public Security Minister To Lam, seen here in December 2023, to be the country's new president (Credit: AFP)

Vietnam's Communist Party has nominated public security minister To Lam to be the country's new president, state media said Saturday, after his predecessor resigned as part of a sweeping anti-graft purge.

Thousands of people -- including top officials and senior business leaders -- have been caught up in the Southeast Asian country's "blazing furnace" crackdown on graft, led by Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

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